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Painting the Elements: Weather Effects in Oil, Acrylic and Watercolor ReviewThe book shows detailed paintings and points out the highlights of them and what to be aware of when painting such scenes in fog, rain, overcast, etc. Most of the paintings illustrated don't deal with the elements, but are just scenery paintings that are detailed. One example is of a cougar laying in the snow in shadow, the book says the painting works because it points up the snow in the light and that was the intent of the painter. The cougar would dominate the scene if not in shadow, and then the light area would have been less dominate. So, if you don't want the subject matter (a strong one--a cougar) to dominate and want to point up the light, here is a really good tip you can use, if you are painting a strong subject and not want it take over the entire painting. The book basically tells you why these particular paintings work. Find subjects I guess that mirror the situations of the book. Book generalizes on the basics, design, color, etc., ... shape (for example), make them irregular, different sizes; value, use greatest contrast in focal point-----all the basics, mentioned in a page or two, useful as a reminder. Some of the stuff in the book, also, I have seen elsewhere in other books. Pointer's include to adjust colors for the time of the day. If you are looking at a scene, doesn't that come automatically, or aren't they already there in the photograph? One photo is of a snowy scene, and the object of the lesson was to point up the coldness of the blue, emphasized using orange, I guess as a contrast, but the resulting painting ended up looking more like an autumn scene and not the cold wintery scene of the photo. Most of the paintings were without the reference photos, which would have been helpful in determining what the painting started from. One suggestion was how to treat a bland sky, answer: just throw some clouds in. Make them up? Use a photo, and borrow the clouds from it? They don't say. Wouldn't that affect the light in the rest of the scene? The book shows what should be appreciated as one is looking at someone else's paintings, and why they work. Maybe that approach works for some and they can apply the tips and pointers to their works, if faced with similar painting situations, and they happen to remember what the book said when a similar painting scene occurs. But doesn't each scene and subject present itself in its own unique way and have their own specifics? and not from looking for things that could relate to the tips and pointers from the paintings in the book? This book's approach seems convoluted to me for painting instruction. Maybe a better title would have been A Critique of Scenery Paintings and Why they Work, etc.Painting the Elements: Weather Effects in Oil, Acrylic and Watercolor OverviewThe most dramatic landscapes come to life because of the artist's ability to render the weather. Whether it's painting a crisp autumn day or an overcast morning before a storm, "Painting the Elements" provides all the step-by-step instructions painters need to portray accurately a wide variety of climates and conditions. Detailed directions show how to capture the time of day with the blazing sun or the affects of weather on various subjects, such as a panda in mist or a grizzly on a snowy tundra. Over 25 projects showcase the work of "North Light Books'" bestselling authors, allowing readers to learn multiple styles and approaches to this necessary topic.

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